COURSE SYLLABUS

PUBLIC ECONOMICS II

1	Course Title:	PUBLIC ECONOMICS II
2	Course Code:	MLY2302
3	Type of Course:	Compulsory
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	2
6	Semester:	4
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	4
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	3
9	Practice (hour/week) :	0
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Prof. Dr. UFUK SELEN
16	Course Lecturers:	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Reyhan Leba
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F. Maliye Bölümü, Görükle Kampusü, Bursa, Türkiye E-posta: uselen@uludag.edu.tr Tel.: (0224) 294 1035
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	The aim of the course is to increase the awareness level of the students taking the course about the economic background of public policies, especially fiscal policy. The theoretical background of public services and how the policy transformation processes work constitute the general framework of this course.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	It contributes in terms of analyzing the functions of the state in the economy and the economic effects of its decisions.

Learning Outcomes:

1	Gain knowledge and ideas about public expenditure theories.;
2	Recognizes that decisions are made in the political process in the public economy.;
3	Learns how the decision-making processes work in the market economy and public economy.;
4	Kamu hizmetlerinin finansmanında kullanılan vergilerin ekonomik etkilerini kavrar ve analiz gücü kazanır.;
5	Understands the importance of taxes in resource allocation and efficiency of use.;
6	Compare market and public failure theses.;
7	Can measure and analyze the size of Turkey's public economy.;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Public Expenditure Theories I
2	Public Expenditure Theories II
3	Social Security Service and Financing
4	Financial Sharing Between Administrations: Akçal Equalization
5	Economic Analysis of Taxes 1: Conceptual and Theoretical Framework
6	Economic Analysis of Taxes 2: Income, Substitution and Decision Effects
7	Optimal Taxation Theories
8	Income Distribution in Public Economy: Public expenditure dimension
9	Income Distribution in Public Economy: Public Income Dimension, Tax Reflection
10	Political Economy 1: Public Decision Making
11	Factors Reducing Efficiency in Public Decision Making
12	Public Failure Theory: Public Choice Theory
13	Seeking a Solution to Public Failure: Constitutional Economics
14	Size of Public Economy in Turkey

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	1. Hülya Kirmanoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisi Analizi, 4. Baskı, Beta Basım Yayım, İstanbul, 2013. 2. Joseph E. Stiglitz, Kamu Kesimi Ekonomisi (Çev. Ömer Faruk Batırel), 2.B., Marmara Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Yayını, No: 549-396, İstanbul, 1994. 3. Kenan Bulutoğlu, Kamu Ekonomisine Giriş, Devletin Ekonomik Bir Kuramı, Filiz Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2008. 4. Gareth D. Myles, Public Economics, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 5. Güneri Akalın, Kamu Ekonomisi, Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayını, Ankara, 2013. 6. Fatih Savaşan, Kamu Ekonomisi, Dora Yayıncılık, 2020.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	Exams will be applied as classical and / or multiple choice.
Information	This course is evaluated with a relative evaluation system.

ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High